A New Hampshire mother has been sentenced to home confinement for one year after admitting she pushed her young daughter under water in a bathtub.

The Portsmouth Herald reported Candice Griffith, 32, pleaded guilty Monday in Rockingham County Superior Court to one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

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Police responded to reports of a disturbance at a home in Newmarket on Sept. 28 and found two children who officers said were "extremely nervous and fearful of their mother." Prosecutors say Griffith forced one of her daughters under the water while fully clothed to "make her uncomfortable."

Griffith's attorney, Amy Beaton, argued for a lighter sentence than the year in prison that prosecutors recommended because her client has a documented history of mental health issues.